{"id":2230971,"date":"2024-04-26T13:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-student-claims-he-misspoke-after-repeatedly-calling-for-zionists-to-die-in-hour-long-livestream\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:38:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T17:38:38","slug":"columbia-student-claims-he-misspoke-after-repeatedly-calling-for-zionists-to-die-in-hour-long-livestream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-student-claims-he-misspoke-after-repeatedly-calling-for-zionists-to-die-in-hour-long-livestream\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia student backtracks after controversial comments about Zionists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-student-claims-he-misspoke-after-repeatedly-calling-for-zionists-to-die-in-hour-long-livestream%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The vocal student\u2063 leader at Columbia University&#8217;s Gaza Solidarity Encampment \u200badmitted \u200bto misspeaking in a video where he advocated for the death\u2064 of Zionists.\u200d The incident attracted controversy, prompting him\u2063 to issue\u2062 an apology and \u200bclarify his stance. There are ongoing discussions regarding potential disciplinary \u2063measures for his conduct, as per a university spokesman. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tufts-student-government-attacks-jewish-member-for-defending-israel\/\" title=\"Tufts Student Government Attacks Jewish Member for Defending Israel\">student leader<\/a> at Columbia University&#8217;s Gaza \u200bSolidarity\u200c Encampment apologized for advocating the death \u2064of Zionists in a controversial video. \u200dFollowing the incident, discussions about possible disciplinary actions are underway, as confirmed by a university spokesperson.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The vocal student leader of Columbia University\u2019s anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment said on Friday morning that he \u201cmisspoke\u201d in the video in which he repeatedly made the case for why all Zionists deserved to die that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/zionists-dont-deserve-to-live-meet-the-leader-of-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-encampment?topStoryPosition=1\">revealed<\/a> by The Daily Wire on Thursday.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am frustrated that the words I said in an Instagram Live video have become a distraction from the movement for Palestinian liberation,\u201d Khymani <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James said<\/span> in a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames\/status\/1783731034330185905\/photo\/1\">posted to X<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cI misspoke in the heat of the movement, for which I apologize.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/zionists-dont-deserve-to-live-meet-the-leader-of-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-encampment\">James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-house-speaker-pelosis-laptop-missing-w-va-delegate-charged-for-his-role-in-capitol-breach\/\" title=\"Reports: House Speaker Pelosi\u2019s laptop missing &#038; W. Va. delegate charged for his role in Capitol breach\">live-streamed<\/a><\/a> his January meeting with Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention where he was questioned over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> where he warned Zionists who may want to \u201cmeet up and fight\u201d and that he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James accused \u201cfar right agitators\u201d of unearthing the video of him from January and editing it \u201cwithout context.\u201d But the full context of the video, which was saved in its entirety by The Daily Wire, does not paint James in a different light.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the stream, he made the case for Zionists to die several times and stated \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bill-de-blasio-getting-rid-of-thomas-jefferson-statue-in-city-hall\/\" title=\"REPORT: Bill De Blasio Getting Rid Of Thomas Jefferson Statue In City Hall\">full meeting<\/a> with Columbia University and his comments afterwards on the livestream are below.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is the full Khymani James live-stream that includes his disciplinary meeting with Columbia University over making threatening social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>I saved you all the first 30 minutes where he rants with a friend and started with the school meeting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DfN6mKdlbm\">pic.twitter.com\/DfN6mKdlbm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kassy Akiva (@KassyDillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KassyDillon\/status\/1783899025000780053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James, who goes by \u201che\/she\/they\u201d pronouns, is the spokesperson of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) group and has been the visible face of the protests that have garnered national attention, including holding <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/news\/2024\/04\/24\/cuad-holds-press-conference-confirms-university-commitment-to-no-nypd-involvement-for-next-48-hours\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a press conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on Wednesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire put together a seven minute compilation of his unhinged comments during the livestream.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is unclear if he has been removed from his role with the club or as a student from the university, but a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Columbia University spokesman indicated that there may have been \u201cdisciplinary measures\u201d for his conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhile we do not comment on individual cases, when there are violations of student conduct policies, they are reviewed and disciplinary measures are applied,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet Khymani James, a student leader of Columbia University\u2019s anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment  who openly states that &#8220;Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He made the comments during a meeting with the school that he live-streamed. <\/p>\n<p>We put together the highlights: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JFlxnRkNC2\">pic.twitter.com\/JFlxnRkNC2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1783638100700172365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James said he made the comment because he was feeling \u201cunusually upset after an online mob targeted me because I am visibly queer and Black.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James said his comments were not in \u201cin line with the CUAD community guidelines,\u201d James continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI agree with their assessment,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThose words do not represent CUAD. They also do not represent me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James also went viral earlier this week for leading a protester human chain to push pro-Israel students out of the encampment.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why are my friends and I being run off our own campus? We are not moving. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2T5JLSI0OH\">pic.twitter.com\/2T5JLSI0OH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaschwalb7\/status\/1782248103216594996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During his live-streamed meeting with Columbia employees, he said he feels \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">very comfortable\u201d calling for Zionists to die and compared killing Zionists to killing Hitler and Haitian revolutionaries killing \u201ctheir masters in order to gain their independence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThese were masters who were white supremacists. What is a Zionist? A white supremacist. So let\u2019s be very clear here, I\u2019m not saying that I\u2019m going to go out and start killing Zionists. What I am saying is that if an individual who identifies as a Zionist threatens my physical safety in person, i.e., puts their hands on me, I am going to defend myself and in that case scenario, it may come to a point where I don\u2019t know when to stop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_729043\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-729043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian student protesters, including Khymani James, host a press conference on the eighth day of the \u2018Gaza Solidarity Encampment\u2019 at Columbia University in New York, United States on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Fatih Aktas\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think that taking someone\u2019s life in certain case scenarios is necessary and better for the overall world. I personally have never killed anyone,\u201d he said. \u201cThank the Lord that no one has put me in that position.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James added that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cthere should not be Zionists anywhere\u201d and that \u201cthe world is better without them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During a break in the meeting, James looked at his camera and cackled after stating that he thinks there employees were \u201choping that I was going to walk back the \u2018I fight to kill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the meeting concluded, James continued on the live-stream for about 30 minutes where he doubled down on his statements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live comfortably, let alone Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live,\u201d he said. \u201cThe same way we are very comfortable accepting Nazis don\u2019t deserve to live, fascists don\u2019t deserve to live, racists don\u2019t deserve to live, Zionists, they shouldn\u2019t live in this world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBe grateful that I\u2019m not just going out and murdering Zionists,\u201d James also said. \u201cI\u2019ve never hurt anyone in my life, and I hope to keep it that way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Columbia University student leader of the anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment admitted to misspeaking in a video where he advocated for the death of Zionists. 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